The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville will offer a class about the basics of outdoor survival including instruction about survival kits, the psychology of survival, shelter, water, fire, and preparation for rescue from 1 to 5 p.m. March 30. The class will consist …

The American Cancer Society will hold its Look Good, Feel Better program for women currently undergoing cancer treatment from 9 to 11 a.m. Feb. 11 at White River Medical Center Cancer Care Center for first-time class participants. The program uses trained cosmetologists to teach cancer …

Today is Monday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2013. There are 330 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 4, 1913, Rosa Parks, a black woman whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus …

The discovery of the body of 83-year-old Homer “H.D.” Bailey on the back porch of his home on Alta Vista in the College Heights area Thursday has many of his long-time neighbors in shock. Independence County Sheriff Steve Jeffery said this morning that Bailey’s body …

Clothes don’t make the man, but in junior high, a time when appearances sometimes leave a lasting impression, they can make the student. What began as a donation to help a family with three children after a house fire left them with only the clothes …

Newport — A Newport man who was shot Wednesday night tried to assault a member of a medical helicopter crew so instead was transported by an ambulance, said Lt. Patrick Weatherford with the Newport Police Department Criminal Investigations Division. Officers were dispatched to Harris Hospital …

The Visiting Writers Series at Lyon College will feature author John Hornor Jacobs at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Alphin Board Room for a public interview. He also will host a public reading at 7:30 that night in Bevens Music Room. Jacobs is a Lyon …

Emily Ingram, associate director of Arkansas Coalition for Excellence, based in Little Rock, will speak at the North Central Volunteer Network’s quarterly brown bag lunch meeting at noon Feb. 14 in the First Community Bank Southside branch community room, located at the corner of Highway …

SEARCY — Harding University will host Phillip Phillips, “American Idol” season 11 winner, Monday. The concert, originally to be held in the University’s Administration Auditorium, has been moved to Benson Auditorium adding an additional 1,000 tickets. “Due to the overwhelming interest, we felt like a …

The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville will once again host the Invitational High School Quiz Bowl on Feb. 23. Volunteers are welcome and can contact Tina Paul, UACCB director of development, for more information about how to help with event at tpaul@uaccb.edu or …

Jubilee Family Church will show the Super Bowl at 5:30 p.m. Sunday on a 120-inch by 67-inch high-definition projection screen with a 2000-watt sound system. Steve Carrier, a member of the Mega Force Team and a Guinness World Record holder, will make a presentation at …